Brian Carlton

Fmr news-talk radio guy and energy company exec. Servant of the People. Eternally curious. Values civilization. Enjoys music, history and science.

[Brian Carlton @Spoonyman]

@Mr_Tomorrow__ True. The retaining wall between my childhood home (Sydney) and next door contained a colony of Funnel Web spiders. Males would regularly end up in the pool. We had to check. Every time. Found 2 in bedroom. No one tried to kill them. They killed no one.
Dad put them in a big jar

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@elonmusk @PeterDiamandis Sometimes the people who proclaim you can’t / shouldn’t do something become major inspirations to bloody well do it

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@estebantavares Beasties were the real deal

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Some wag on X suggested President Trump was thinking about renaming the San Andreas Fault to Joe Biden’s Fault.

I’m sure it’s a just a joke but it would be one of the greatest trolls of all time

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@elonmusk @Geiger_Capital One of the great lies bought by the West was the third world is the third world because of horrible dictators. As the dictators disappeared, the lie morphed into colonialism. We bought that too

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@end3of6days9

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@GetMyGuitars Wild thing

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@FranMallon1 Love the guy adjusting the monitor so it doesn’t feed back through Dolly’s mic

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Next level respect for an American performer….global icon

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.

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@stevehind @Qantas Been that way for years

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Alt Rock Dolly

She could sing anything

[Tacet Spectator @TacetSpectator]

@DanielJHannan She also did a cover of Collective Soul's "Shine"

https://t.co/arOFPgfjNI

[Brian Carlton @Spoonyman]

Rock Dolly

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

An apt day to remember that Dolly Parton once recorded a cover of Stairway to Heaven - and, in defiance of every moral law in the universe, she absolutely owned it.

[Brian Carlton @Spoonyman]

Fortunate to have met Dolly Parton once.
She was tiny, and at 40, radiantly beautiful.
How did she even play guitar with those nails?
Dolly had a personal grace few of us achieve.
It was like standing in a room with an angel.
She was a gift.
She will keep giving…RIP

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@hikingtheglobe0 Hey, that’s my old apartment block!

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@_josephine0_ Skate

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Tom Petersson 12 string
Alan Lancaster 4 string
Sting fretless

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@oelma__ Cheddar

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@XXChrome_byte @DrewPavlou Hey Charger! ✌️
This is the theory I developed at the time: Holden and Ford camps were established and very tribal. Valiants were big and powerful (unlike most European cars) so migrants carved their own Aussie car culture niche. The Chryslers were often better cars.
Good times.

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Why can’t modern TVs simply default to the input you were last using when turned on?

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@Dr_M_Davis @KellyAlspals Based on how little Australia (and other democracies) have offered by way of hardware to deter Iran from controlling Hormuz, I wish I shared your confidence, Malcolm. We don’t have military capabilities to keep any passage in SCS open. Labor would try to do deals with Beijing.